Ukraine’s imports of nickel ore and concentrate in January-July increased by 13.4% YoY, 891,670 metric tons from 786,140 metric tons, the State Customs Service said. The value of imports of nickel ore and concentrate rose to $43.6 million from $38.4 million in January-July 2017, S&P Global Platts said. Over January through June, Ukraine received 71%…
In January-July Ukraine imported 891.674 thousand tons of nickel ore and concentrate valued at $43.582 million, up by 13.4% and by 13.5% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main suppliers were Guatemala (71.01%) and Indonesia (28.99%). In 7 months Ukraine neither exported nor re-exported nickel ore and concentrate. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April Russia exported 44.6 thousand tons of raw nickel valued at $598 million, down by 7.2%, but up by 29.4% YoY. This is the lowest result in the past 10 years volume-wise. In April the average price was $13920 per ton, up by 4.3% MoM and by 50.3% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Russia exported 33.7 thousand tons of raw nickel valued at $444 million, down by 11.3%, but up by 20.4% YoY respectively. In March average price was $13216 per ton FOB Russian border, down by 1.9% MoM, but up by 32.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Russia exported 931.9 thousand tons of aluminum valued at $1.827 billion, up by 8.5% and by 27% YoY respectively. According to the Federal Customs Service, nickel exports dropped by 11%, to 33.7 thousand tons, valued at $444.2 million, up by 20%. Copper exports reached 175.9 thousand tons valued at $1.2 billion, up by…
BAST intends to increase copper-nickel ore processing capacities at the Maksut deposits 3.5-fold, to 1.4 million tons per year. Additional capacities of 1 million tons will be constructed in 2019. BAST is negotiating the cooperation with a major trading company, specializing in metals. Their investments could amount to $8-10 million. This year BAST will process…
In January-March Kamchatka obtained 1.73 thousand tons of nickel, down by 15% YoY. The only enterprise to mine for nickel in the region was the research company “Geotechologia”. It is developing the Shanuch copper-nickel deposits. This year it intends to mine some 9.5 thousand tons of nickel, up by 36% YoY. Last year the output…
In January-February Ukraine imported 232.48 thousand tons of nickel ore and concentrate valued at $10.913 million, up by 17.3% and by 14.9% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, Guatemala supplied 59.09% worth of nickel ores and Indonesia – 40.91%. Last year Ukraine decreased nickel ore and concentrate imports by 4.2% YoY, to 1.313…
